Motor for street-cars



J. LOOKHART. Motor for Street Cars.

No. 231,183. Patented Aug. 17,1880.

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JESSE LOCKHART, OF MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

MOTOR FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,183, dated August1'7, 1880. Application filed September 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE LOOKHART, a resident of the county of Maconand State of Illinois have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Motors for Street-Oars and other purposes, of which the following isa true and correct description.

My invention consists in a combination of ratchet and cog wheelsconnected with the driving-wheels of a car, and operated by a with wheelA and with a cog-wheel on the car-Wheel shaft. E E are levers providedwith pawls e e on opposite sides of ratchets B B, and connected withlever-beam D by means of rods d d. F F are pedals on levers E E.

In operation the weight of the operator is thrown on either leveralternately, causing a part revolution in wheel A, and through it to thewheels of the car, at each change of position. The lever-beam D causesone lever to become elevated as the other is depressed, thus making acontinuous motion possible.

I am aware that motors have been made with cog-gearing, ratchets, anddouble pawls, also with the double tread-levers connected with eachother by a cord passing over pulleys, and 1 do not claim such; but

I claim as new and of my invention- In a car-Wheel motor, thecombination, with the ordinary frame-work and axles, upon one of whichis placed a cog-wheel, of the intermediate pinion, G, the largecog-wheel A, the smaller ratchets B, mounted upon the same shaft withthe cog-wheel, the levers E, provided with the pawls e 6, one on top andone beneath, and the treads F on the long end of the lovers, and therocking beam D, connected with the levers E by means of the rods d,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

JESSE LOOKHART.

Witnesses:

J. S. POST, J. M. LOWRY.

